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2008-10-09 15:32:00

MADRID (AFP) - Retired Spanish golf legend Severiano Ballesteros, a five-time major winner, remained in stable condition in hospital Thursday, three days after he briefly lost consciousness, the hospital said. "He is stable and is waiting for the results

2008-10-09 15:22:00

LONDON (AFP) - England coach Martin Johnson admits he was stunned by Jonny Wilkinson's latest injury setback. Wilkinson suffered a dislocated knee-cap on Premiership duty for Newcastle against Gloucester nine days ago.The Falcons fly-half faces a probable

2008-10-09 15:17:00

NEWCASTLE (AFP) - Tony Jimenez, one of Newcastle owner Mike Ashley's key aides, left the crisis-torn Premier League club on Thursday. Jimenez had been appointed as vice-president of player recruitment by Ashley and worked alongside executive director of f

2008-10-09 15:14:00

BANGALORE, India (AFP) - Skipper Ricky Ponting ended his run drought on Indian soil with a superb century as Australia came back strongly after a shock start in the first Test on Thursday. Ponting hit 123 to steer the tourists away from the first-over dis

2008-10-09 15:05:00

PORT OF SPAIN (AFP) - A deal to salvage the 20-million-dollar Stanford 20/20, the world's richest cricket match, could be announced later Thursday, media reports here claimed. A "commercial agreement", reached after a reported trans-Atlantic telephone con

2008-10-09 14:15:03

Dennis Quaid credits his upbringing in the racially-segregated southern US with inspiring his role in forthcoming film The Express. The 54-year-old actor, who was raised in Texas, plays a football coach in the drama, which is based on the life of American

2008-10-09 12:51:00

MADRID (AFP) - Spanish golf legend Severiano Ballesteros, a five-time major winner who retired last year, remained in hospital Thursday, three days after he suffered a dizzy spell and briefly lost consciousness. "He remains in hospital and his condition h

2008-10-09 11:33:00

BANGALORE, India (AFP) - Skipper Ricky Ponting and Simon Katich overcame the first-over dismissal of Matthew Hayden to lead Australia's fightback in the first cricket Test against India on Thursday. The second-wicket pair, who came together without a run

2008-10-09 11:13:00

BANGALORE, India (AFP) - Australia recovered from the first-over dismissal of Matthew Hayden to reach 75-1 by lunch on the opening day of the first Test against India here on Thursday. Skipper Ricky Ponting, who won the toss and elected to take first stri

2008-10-09 09:15:00

LONDON (AFP) - Being dropped from the England squad can be a soul-destroying experience but if any player is equipped to return stronger than ever then it's Shaun Wright-Phillips. When the winger, fresh from his move back to Manchester City, discovered th